The Velvet Underground Win Sound Of The City's Quintessential New York Musician Tournament

After weeks of voting, impassioned campaigns, comment-section arguments, and matchups that seemed nearly impossible to come down on one side of, Sound of the City's take on March Madnessin which we set out to crown the quintessential New York musician of the past 57 years, with a field that encompassed giants of genre from Lisa Lisa to the Ramones to Tito Puentehas a winner. And that winner is the still-influential Factory house band the Velvet Underground.

We'll have a fuller tribute post, with articles from Voices of old tracing their legacy, up later today. For now, here's how the bracket shook out (click for full size):